A Study of Habitat Selection and Fluctuating Asymmetry of Amybstoma tigrinum at Henderson Island Wildlife Management Area in Jefferson County TN.

Studies were conducted on a population of tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum, at Henderson Island Wildlife Management Area in Jefferson County, TN. Tests were conducted to locate the nonbreeding habitat of the salamanders and to detect any difference in fluctuating asymmetry (FA) between larval p...

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Main Author: Ogle, Christopher Scott
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2011
Subjects:
Fluctuating Asymmetry
Non-breeding Habitat
Tiger Salamander
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Life Sciences
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Henderson Island
Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1261
https://dc.etsu.edu/context/etd/article/2452/viewcontent/OgleC042011f.pdf
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Summary:Studies were conducted on a population of tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum, at Henderson Island Wildlife Management Area in Jefferson County, TN. Tests were conducted to locate the nonbreeding habitat of the salamanders and to detect any difference in fluctuating asymmetry (FA) between larval populations in a large, permanent pond and an ephemeral wetland. Drift fences were installed with pitfall traps at selected locations around each pond to determine nonbreeding habitat use by adults. Most adult salamanders were found using a blackberry (Rubus sp.) dominated old-field, a grassy field, and a shrub-grass mix field, which were all adjacent to the ponds. No statistical difference in FA between the 2 ponds.

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